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we asked two experts to weigh in on the discontent in egypt. read their responses on "the rundown." >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day: a gunman walked into an elementary school in newtown, connecticut and killed 26 people, including 20 children. the killer then committed suicide. it was the nation's second deadliest school shooting after the virginia tech massacre in 2007. an emotional president obama called for "meaningful action" to prevent such shootings. and our coverage of the tragic shooting continues online. hari sreenivasan explains. >> sreenivasan: we will file updates from connecticut tonight and over the weekend as the investigation continues. check our homepage for those. also there, you can watch president obama's emotional address to the nation. on tonight's edition of "need to know," a profile of a program in memphis, tennessee, that combats poverty. find a link to that that and more on our web site, newshour dot pbs dot org. margaret. >> warner: and that's the newshour for tonight. on monday, we'll update the
we asked two experts to weigh in on the discontent in egypt. read their responses on "the rundown." >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day: a gunman walked into an elementary school in newtown, connecticut and killed 26 people, including 20 children. the killer then committed suicide. it was the nation's second deadliest school shooting after the virginia tech massacre in 2007. an emotional president obama called for "meaningful action" to prevent such...
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that egypt wants from us. not only u.s. aid, but help in getting this imf loan. and i think however this is resolved, because it's not going to resolve the long-term problem, perhaps it can help clarify hopefully in a good way the egyptian role. it could open up and just shatter that long-term linchpin of stability in the mideast between egypt and israel. >> woodruff: do you see a role for the u.s. in the short term? >> yes. in explaining quietly to egypt the essential nature of keeping the peace troty with israel and calming down the situation and probably the same quietly for israel which has, of course, bigger news -- --. >> i would say i think syria remains the most fragile thing. the explosion of syria would spill into everything else. so our role, i don't know what our role is in syria but i have a feeling our attention will be focused wherever it is. >> woodruff: margaret's reporting was excellent tonight. the two of you were excellent, ruth marcus, david brooks, thank you both. >> brown: and finally to
that egypt wants from us. not only u.s. aid, but help in getting this imf loan. and i think however this is resolved, because it's not going to resolve the long-term problem, perhaps it can help clarify hopefully in a good way the egyptian role. it could open up and just shatter that long-term linchpin of stability in the mideast between egypt and israel. >> woodruff: do you see a role for the u.s. in the short term? >> yes. in explaining quietly to egypt the essential nature of...
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in egypt it was less effective. they without launch tear gas and would send crowds scurrying but they always came back. it actually lead to sort of more chaos in the streets because the young men would set trash and other things on fire to try to fend off the fumes. so in yemen we saw a bit of that today as well it seemed that the-- the tear gas approach, if you will, worked a little bit but not enough to really quell the crowd. >> brown: and in egypt we saw how we reported on the talk that president obama had with president morsi, apparently taking a hard line about his initial lack of response on the attacks on the embassy. where do relations stand now? are they strained as far as you can tell? >> it's very clear that there is a strain because at the end of the day, i think there's a real lack of trust among americans that the egyptians are committed to, securing their embassy. remember when the attack happened on tuesday, when they were able to breach the wall the embassy was guarded primarily by egyptian guards.
in egypt it was less effective. they without launch tear gas and would send crowds scurrying but they always came back. it actually lead to sort of more chaos in the streets because the young men would set trash and other things on fire to try to fend off the fumes. so in yemen we saw a bit of that today as well it seemed that the-- the tear gas approach, if you will, worked a little bit but not enough to really quell the crowd. >> brown: and in egypt we saw how we reported on the talk...
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but today, they were aimed at egypt's new leader. in the coastal city of alexandria, opponents set fire to the offices of president mohammed morsi's political party, the muslim brotherhood. there and elsewhere in egypt today, the president's critics and supporters clashed in the streets over his decree yesterday exempting himself from judicial review, and giving him authority to take steps against "threats to the revolution." morsi, egypt's first freely elected president, took office in june. in recent days, he'd garnered worldwide praise for mediating a cease-fire between israel and hamas. today, he told a supportive crowd outside the presidential palace in cairo that granting himself sweeping powers was necessary to prevent figures from the old regime from halting progress. >> ( translated ): i haven't taken a decision to use it against anyone-- to go against anyone is something that i could never be associated with-- or announcing that i am biased towards anyone. however, i must put myself on a clear path that will lead to the ach
but today, they were aimed at egypt's new leader. in the coastal city of alexandria, opponents set fire to the offices of president mohammed morsi's political party, the muslim brotherhood. there and elsewhere in egypt today, the president's critics and supporters clashed in the streets over his decree yesterday exempting himself from judicial review, and giving him authority to take steps against "threats to the revolution." morsi, egypt's first freely elected president, took office...
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of egypt saying look, the prophet took insult and didn't react like violence, be like the prophet. mr. ganushi head of the leading islamic party in tunisia say it is a threat to tunisia, so people are saying, but for now because the arab revolutions have been mostly grass roots, mostly popular, mostly authentic, they didn't develop charismatic leadership that can nelson mandela that can go out there and say this is wrong, we need to stop it. >> brown: larry pintak, when you think about what could calm things down, we also saw on that early clip u.s. kind of ad, with the president and secretary clinton being put on pakistani tv. how unusual is something like that? how effective might something like that be? >> well, i think in this case it is a good step. how effective ultimately it will be we'll see. but i mean it's certainly much better. we had the old shared values. what i call the happy muslim ads under the bush era telling muslim, the muslim world how wonderful it is for muslims in america. and that directly had a counterveiling effect. this can have an effect. let me go back t
of egypt saying look, the prophet took insult and didn't react like violence, be like the prophet. mr. ganushi head of the leading islamic party in tunisia say it is a threat to tunisia, so people are saying, but for now because the arab revolutions have been mostly grass roots, mostly popular, mostly authentic, they didn't develop charismatic leadership that can nelson mandela that can go out there and say this is wrong, we need to stop it. >> brown: larry pintak, when you think about...
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hosni mubarak has been sentenced to life in prison and egypt is still sizzling and not settled in the post mubarak era. syria is sliding into civil war. but libya after the overthrow of qaddafi we just haven't heard very much about what is going on there. has it settled down? >> no, i don't think you could say libya has settled down yet. i don't think that it would be possible to glide seamlessly from 42 years of dictatorship to democracy overnight. the future of libya really does hang in the balance at the moment. because after the revolution libya has got such disparate views on what they want. some people want a secular state. some people want a an islamist state. and those young men who we saw during the revolution firing their weapons into the air and-- they don't want to give those weapons up. and the central government such as it is, really is very week. it has little legitimacy. >> and your book reminded us just how thinly populated and how fast an area this country really is. is it harder to make common cause, harder to make one country out of a place with the peculiar demogr
hosni mubarak has been sentenced to life in prison and egypt is still sizzling and not settled in the post mubarak era. syria is sliding into civil war. but libya after the overthrow of qaddafi we just haven't heard very much about what is going on there. has it settled down? >> no, i don't think you could say libya has settled down yet. i don't think that it would be possible to glide seamlessly from 42 years of dictatorship to democracy overnight. the future of libya really does hang in...
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i recall once in the '90s i was in egypt and i was supposed to-- i was being driven by a cabdriver in cairo, he didn't speak english but he turned to me and said schwarzkopf. and he really 4r06d the guy. for that, it helped. people like that. >> in fairness to him, he did earn -- >> he wasn't just 10,000 yards offshore. he knew -- >> we can't talk about him without talking about president george bush. we say well, happy new year to him and happy new year to you guys. >> mark and david, keep up the talk on the doubleheader reported in our newsroom, that will be posted on-line >> warner: again, the major developments of the day: senate leaders announced last- minute fiscal cliff talks after meeting with president obama. the president said he's modestly optimistic, but he warned, "the hour for immediate action is here..." dock workers on the east coast and gulf coast postponed a potentially crippling strike. and retired army general norman schwarzkopf passed away at the age of 78. he commanded the coalition victory over iraq, in the first gulf war. online, we look back at what 2012 meant
i recall once in the '90s i was in egypt and i was supposed to-- i was being driven by a cabdriver in cairo, he didn't speak english but he turned to me and said schwarzkopf. and he really 4r06d the guy. for that, it helped. people like that. >> in fairness to him, he did earn -- >> he wasn't just 10,000 yards offshore. he knew -- >> we can't talk about him without talking about president george bush. we say well, happy new year to him and happy new year to you guys. >>...
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both candidates say they support democracy but democrcy has ledas to elections in egypt and tunisia that produced islamists. i think romney hasn't squared that circle. if you go for democracy and you get a result thatou don't like. obama, on the other hand, i think really has to deal with the issue of syria. i think that one of the goeat questions about leadership in the middle east stems from the fact that the syrian tuation is getting worse and worse and drawing in all the countries around it in the region and sparking sectarian tensions throughout the region. obama has basically stood back on that issue not wantinan to am rebels and not putting enough resources into identifying rebels that we might be able to help and sort of outsourcing. romney also talks about outsourcing, letting other countries give arms to the rebels. that to me is the heart of influence in the region, the syrian question >> brown: and a brief last word from you, david ignatius on this big picture >> i'd love to see as part of this debate devoted to the question of what is american leadership in the world today?
both candidates say they support democracy but democrcy has ledas to elections in egypt and tunisia that produced islamists. i think romney hasn't squared that circle. if you go for democracy and you get a result thatou don't like. obama, on the other hand, i think really has to deal with the issue of syria. i think that one of the goeat questions about leadership in the middle east stems from the fact that the syrian tuation is getting worse and worse and drawing in all the countries around it...
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. >> holman: in cairo, egypt's president mohammed morsi also denounced syria. he called again for president bashar al-assad to step down. meanwhile, "the new york times" cited reports that iraq is again allowing iran to use its air space to fly weapons to the syrian regime. the iraqis had shut down the air corridor earlier this year, under u.s. pressure. a former police chief who touched off a major scandal in china has been charged with defection, taking bribes and abusing his power. state media announced the charges against wang lijun today. in february, wang briefly took refuge at a u.s. consulate after being demoted as police chief in a city in southwestern china. that led to the ouster of bo xilai-- his former boss-- as communist party leader there. bo is still under investigation. last month, bo's wife gu kailai was given a suspended death sentence for the murder of a british businessman. in afghanistan, the military announced today it has arrested or expelled hundreds of soldiers, as part of an effort to stop so-called insider attacks on foreign troops.
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. >> sreenivasan: the streets of egypt's second largest city were filled with clashing islamists and their opponents today. the groups confronted each other in alexandria. it was the eve of a final-round vote on a draft constitution that's backed by islamists and president mohammed morsi. supporters of morsi and protesters threw rocks at each other, and riot police intervened with tear gas. officials said at least 40 people were injured. it was unclear who started the fight. north korea has detained an american citizen, and says he confessed to unspecified crimes. he was identified today as kenneth bae, a korean-american tour operator from washington state. north korean state media said he entered the country, with a tour, on november 3. the north has detained five other americans since 2009. all were released, eventually. american leaders past and present paid tribute today to the late senator daniel inouye of hawaii. a crowd filled the national cathedral in washington for the service honoring the japanese- american who became a war hero and served in the senate more than 50 years.
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have two stories about continuing unrest in the middle east, beginning with the political crisis in egypt. >> suarez: then, in her final report from turkey, margaret warner looks at the growing clout of syria's kurdish minority, and the impact that's having on the other side of the border. >> brown: when does a co-worker count as a supervisor? that question was before the supreme court today in a case about harassment. marcia coyle explains. >> suarez: and we examine new figures from the pew research center showing that young voters played a decisive role reelecting president obama. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station
have two stories about continuing unrest in the middle east, beginning with the political crisis in egypt. >> suarez: then, in her final report from turkey, margaret warner looks at the growing clout of syria's kurdish minority, and the impact that's having on the other side of the border. >> brown: when does a co-worker count as a supervisor? that question was before the supreme court today in a case about harassment. marcia coyle explains. >> suarez: and we examine new...
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to be changing the face of egypt and much of the rest of north africa. on these sides there's a lot of mistrust. there's a lot of anger. there's a lot of suspicion. i would even call it paranoia on the part of each side. there doesn't seem to be a lot of like a lot of common ground between these two sides. on the other hand, there might be some kind of resolution to this if the liberal forces are able to get their act together politically and field a credible field of candidates for upcoming parliamentary elections and are able to exert their own will and amend this constitution that they seem to despise so much. >> suarez: meanwhile the constitutional referendum is approaching amid calls for a boycott, amid judges saying they won't oversee the election. is is this thing going to come off, and is it going to give a result that's not ambiguous? >> yeah, i think the absence of the judges is going to really harm the credibility and the transparency of the whole process. who will vouch to the public that the elections were free and fair? i think it's going t
to be changing the face of egypt and much of the rest of north africa. on these sides there's a lot of mistrust. there's a lot of anger. there's a lot of suspicion. i would even call it paranoia on the part of each side. there doesn't seem to be a lot of like a lot of common ground between these two sides. on the other hand, there might be some kind of resolution to this if the liberal forces are able to get their act together politically and field a credible field of candidates for upcoming...
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now, back to jeff. >> brown: and to egypt. within the last 24 hours the country has seen the worst violence since president mohamed morsi was elected in june. seven people were killed and more than 600 hurt during overnight clashes in cairo outside the presidential palace. we have a report from jonathan rugman of "independent television news." >> reporter: last year, they ousted a dictator. last night, they turned against one another. religious and secular egyptians fighting outside the palace of their first freely-elected president. after riot police gave up keeping the two warring sides apart. seven people were killed and hundreds were injured. both sides were armed with clubs, but eyewitnesses said the first gunfire came from president morsi's supporters. the president's opponents let off fireworks. but they say they won't back down until the president gives up sweeping new powers or resigns. this morning, the army moved in. not to mount a military coup, but to defend a president they would once have jailed for his politica
now, back to jeff. >> brown: and to egypt. within the last 24 hours the country has seen the worst violence since president mohamed morsi was elected in june. seven people were killed and more than 600 hurt during overnight clashes in cairo outside the presidential palace. we have a report from jonathan rugman of "independent television news." >> reporter: last year, they ousted a dictator. last night, they turned against one another. religious and secular egyptians...
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on the newshour tonight, we have a report on the clashes and mounting tensions in egypt and beyond. >> woodruff: in syria, government forces launched a major ground assault against rebel-held areas of aleppo. we'll have a first-hand look at the bloodshed from james foley of global post. >> brown: in the wake of the sikh temple shooting, we examine the scope, profile and power of homegrown hate. >> woodruff: ray suarez has part two of our energy series. tonight, he's in colorado, where natural gas battles coal for prominence, but it comes with a hefty price tag. >> taking a 60-year-old plant that's been generating electricity by burning coal and converting it to natural gas isn't cheap, and it isn't easy as flipping a switch. >> brown: margaret warner continues our look at congress' "unfinished business." tonight, solving the threat of cyber attacks on our critical infrastructure. >> woodruff: and poet priscilla uppall captures the olympic spirit. >> i just love it because it's really metaphorical. it's very playful. many of the sport terms are basically invented by teenagers and young
on the newshour tonight, we have a report on the clashes and mounting tensions in egypt and beyond. >> woodruff: in syria, government forces launched a major ground assault against rebel-held areas of aleppo. we'll have a first-hand look at the bloodshed from james foley of global post. >> brown: in the wake of the sikh temple shooting, we examine the scope, profile and power of homegrown hate. >> woodruff: ray suarez has part two of our energy series. tonight, he's in...
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this is the road map for egypt's future. and i think the heady first days of the revolution, many people imagine quite a sweeping overhaul of egypt's institutions. that's not going to happen. after a rather convoluted transition process and around pretty tight deadline the drafters have decided to start with egypt's former constitution and tinker with that. they didn't look around the world and find the best possible models and start from scratch and put something together. they've been sort of twisting and turning the old constitution to try to tweak it to work better and they have done some things that everyone here wanted. they're ending the old imperial presidency that hosni mubarak and his predecessors used to rule over egypt. they're barring torture, ending detention without trial. on a lot of other areas it's a little bit of a muddle. there are protections for individual rights but also rather expansive guarantees against insults of individuals or fro fetes or other icons that could clash with freedom of expression an
this is the road map for egypt's future. and i think the heady first days of the revolution, many people imagine quite a sweeping overhaul of egypt's institutions. that's not going to happen. after a rather convoluted transition process and around pretty tight deadline the drafters have decided to start with egypt's former constitution and tinker with that. they didn't look around the world and find the best possible models and start from scratch and put something together. they've been sort of...
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here is egypt. prior to the time that the new egypt emerged in the last years of the mubarak regime was playing less and less of a role within the region. now here we have president morsi even though he's a new egyptian president and the preoccupation is primarily internal and economic, the fact is he's the one who is brokering this... >> brown: is it even more than hillary clinton. you were saying she comes in and plays this role of sort of repository, but is it more the egyptians who are the power brokers here? >> yes. brown: really? ecause the egyptians have a relationship with hamas. what's interesting, notwithstanding that this is a new egyptian government that is dominated by theÑi muslim brotherhood and the muslim brotherhood has been fundamentally hostile to israel. to recognize where they are in the region, to recognize they have to preserve the peace treaty with israel, here they are brokering between hamas and israel. it's a new role for this government but it also shows that they're pla
here is egypt. prior to the time that the new egypt emerged in the last years of the mubarak regime was playing less and less of a role within the region. now here we have president morsi even though he's a new egyptian president and the preoccupation is primarily internal and economic, the fact is he's the one who is brokering this... >> brown: is it even more than hillary clinton. you were saying she comes in and plays this role of sort of repository, but is it more the egyptians who...
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a short while ago, i spoke with nancy youssef, mcclatchy newspapers' egypt correspondent. nancy yousef, welcome. tell us about those meetings going on in cairo. who is taking part? what's the latest? >> well, we heard a little bit about them today from the head of hamas. we've heard repeated suggestions that they're close to an agreement. we've heard this since saturday. it's being mediated by the egyptians by mohammed morsi and members of his cabinet. it's the first time he's had to negotiate something on this scale since winning the presidency in june. there's an israeli delegation here as well. the negotiations have been happening for a few days now. today we're hearing from people privately that there doesn't seem to be a particular sticking point but that both sides are... that's really being lost is the time that's having to happen between shuttling between two sides that won't face each other in the same room. remember though it's in everybody's interest to keep promising that this cease-fire agreement will come soon because of potential instability. if there isn't
a short while ago, i spoke with nancy youssef, mcclatchy newspapers' egypt correspondent. nancy yousef, welcome. tell us about those meetings going on in cairo. who is taking part? what's the latest? >> well, we heard a little bit about them today from the head of hamas. we've heard repeated suggestions that they're close to an agreement. we've heard this since saturday. it's being mediated by the egyptians by mohammed morsi and members of his cabinet. it's the first time he's had to...
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there were a lot of doubts about how he would lead egypt? whether he would maintain the peace agreement with israel. he can be, based on this performance, i think an important partner for the united states. >> suarez: ambassador burns, hisham melhem, good to talk to you both. >> thank you upon >> brown: and now to the conflict in syria. nato said today that it would consider a turkish request to deploy patriot missiles to protect itself from syrian attacks. turkey and syria share a 560 mile border and after syrian mortar rounds landed in turkish territory, concerns have risen that the civil war fighting could spread further. in margaret warner's latest report, she examines the spill-over that's already happening. >> reporter: nestled up against the border with syria, ceylanpinar, turkey has an all- too-up-close view of the civil war next door, as fighting rages in its syrian twin city of ras- al-ain. for days last week on the syrian side, president bashar al assad's forces fought rebels of the free syrian army, or f.s.a., to control ras-al-a
there were a lot of doubts about how he would lead egypt? whether he would maintain the peace agreement with israel. he can be, based on this performance, i think an important partner for the united states. >> suarez: ambassador burns, hisham melhem, good to talk to you both. >> thank you upon >> brown: and now to the conflict in syria. nato said today that it would consider a turkish request to deploy patriot missiles to protect itself from syrian attacks. turkey and syria...
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from the civil warfare in neighboring syria to iran's any clear intention to egyp egypt-- egypt's political transition. in jerusalem clinton spoke of dizzying changes, over the last 18 months of uprisings in arab countries. >> it is a time of uncertainty but also of opportunity. it is a chance to advance our shared goals of security, stability, peace and democracy along with prosperity for its millions of people in this region who have yet to see a better future. >> reporter: the secretary also met separately with israeli and palestinian leaders, underscoring the stalled stat us of the peace process. indeed, in an interview yesterday president obama cited the lack of progress as one of the biggest failures of his term. >> i have not been able to move the peace process forward in the middle east the way i wanted. it's something we focused on very early. but the truth of the matter is, is that the parties ultimately they've got to want it as well. >> reporter: clinton had arrived in israel from egypt where the tenuous transition to democracy lurches forward. newly elected president morsi form
from the civil warfare in neighboring syria to iran's any clear intention to egyp egypt-- egypt's political transition. in jerusalem clinton spoke of dizzying changes, over the last 18 months of uprisings in arab countries. >> it is a time of uncertainty but also of opportunity. it is a chance to advance our shared goals of security, stability, peace and democracy along with prosperity for its millions of people in this region who have yet to see a better future. >> reporter: the...
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in egypt, crowds turned out in cairo as islamists protested that the ruling military is moving to keep power for itself. election officials were supposed to name the winner of the presidential election today, but they postponed the announcement. we have a report narrated by lindsey hilsum of independent television news. >> reporter: muslim brotherhood supporters in tahrir square today. they fear that the delay in announcing the election result means that egypt's military council is about to steal the presidency. >> ( translated ): the egyptian people will not accept the falsification of the election. they expressed their will and elected the man they want to see in power. >> reporter: the muslim brotherhood candidate, mohammed morsi, is widely believed to have won, but it was a close-run thing and the military may yet announce that their man, general ahmed shafiq, is the victor. today's demonstrators are islamists, the secular young people who spearheaded last year's uprising now pushed to the margins. egypt's military and the brotherhood are pitted against each other as they have been
in egypt, crowds turned out in cairo as islamists protested that the ruling military is moving to keep power for itself. election officials were supposed to name the winner of the presidential election today, but they postponed the announcement. we have a report narrated by lindsey hilsum of independent television news. >> reporter: muslim brotherhood supporters in tahrir square today. they fear that the delay in announcing the election result means that egypt's military council is about...
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and in all disputes really in egypt. who side will they take? whether they will continue to back morsi or side on the revolution. as you point out, the military was key two years ago while the 18 days of protestors played a big, big role. it wasn't until the military essentially said to mubarak that you have to go that things really changed. i think they continue to play a key role. it's one of the things we're wait to go see. up until now we haven't seen any indications from them one way or the other. they denied a report that they were defending the presidential palace. >> brown: finally nancy, what about the referendum on the 15th? if opposition groups figured out how they're going to respond, they're going to vote against it or boycott or try to stop it. what's the situation? what's known? >> well, you raise a very important point which is that where mohammed morsi's backers are really unified behind the muslim brotherhood which remains the best organized group here in egypt, the opponents aren't as organized. they haven't even named a leade
and in all disputes really in egypt. who side will they take? whether they will continue to back morsi or side on the revolution. as you point out, the military was key two years ago while the 18 days of protestors played a big, big role. it wasn't until the military essentially said to mubarak that you have to go that things really changed. i think they continue to play a key role. it's one of the things we're wait to go see. up until now we haven't seen any indications from them one way or...
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it was the latest in a series of attacks on the volatile peninsula where gaza, israel and egypt intersect. islamic militants struck a border crossing on sunday, killing 16 egyptian policemen. the egyptian military retaliated yesterday with air strikes. at the london olympics today, a dazzling display in track and a major win in soccer. spoiler alert: you may want to tune out for a few moments while we give some of today's results. in track, usain bolt ran to victory in the 200 meters, adding to his gold in the 100. he's the only man to win both events at consecutive olympics. the u.s. women's soccer team captured a third straight olympic gold, beating japan 2-1 before 80,000 fans. and american middleweight claressa shields won gold in the olympics debut for women's boxing. google has agreed to pay $22 million over allegations it tracked millions of web surfers. the settlement involved people who used apple's safari web browser. the federal trade commission charged the online search giant broke a promise not to mislead consumers about its privacy practices. it's the largest fine the agency
it was the latest in a series of attacks on the volatile peninsula where gaza, israel and egypt intersect. islamic militants struck a border crossing on sunday, killing 16 egyptian policemen. the egyptian military retaliated yesterday with air strikes. at the london olympics today, a dazzling display in track and a major win in soccer. spoiler alert: you may want to tune out for a few moments while we give some of today's results. in track, usain bolt ran to victory in the 200 meters, adding to...
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certainly than what we've seen in egypt and even in libya. the opposition is still in a state of disarray. it doesn't hold any territory firmly. there's no syrian been ghazi, for example. the opposition has remained often at odds within itself. there have been all kinds of rivalries inside the syrian opposition so it's a much more difficult situation, i think, for foreign intervention. the one point i would sort of push back on with andrew is in some ways we may very well be at that tipping point into a long and drawnout sectarian civil war. this may be the last best chance for diplomacy. it may well be that the russians and the united states come together and work out a plan that, in fact, put syria on a track toward a more stable transition. >> ifill: andrew tabler, do you see there's a successor perhaps in line or is there any clear plan if suddenly this nonlethal aid were to work and the rebels were to triumph? >> i don't think we're quite there yet. i mean you'd have to... if you really want to put a yemen plan in place, you have to thin
certainly than what we've seen in egypt and even in libya. the opposition is still in a state of disarray. it doesn't hold any territory firmly. there's no syrian been ghazi, for example. the opposition has remained often at odds within itself. there have been all kinds of rivalries inside the syrian opposition so it's a much more difficult situation, i think, for foreign intervention. the one point i would sort of push back on with andrew is in some ways we may very well be at that tipping...
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on tuesday, we'll look at the raging political turmoil in egypt. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> macarthur foundation. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org
on tuesday, we'll look at the raging political turmoil in egypt. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> macarthur foundation. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs...
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protesters in egypt staged nationwide rallies today against egyptian president mohamed morsi and his muslim brotherhood. in cairo, more than 100,000 people filled tahrir square to condemn morsi's decree that makes his decisions immune to judicial review. earlier, there were clashes between protesters and police. the rallies were some of the largest since the overthrow of president hosni mubarak last year. in syria, government warplanes bombed towns in the north and east, in the face of new advances by rebel fighters. in one attack, the planes dropped barrels filled with explosives and gasoline just west of idlib city. reports of the dead ranged from five to 20. the regime is using intensive air raids to try to beat back rebel gains. forensic experts took samples from the remains of yasser arafat today, hoping to determine once and for all if the late palestinian leader was poisoned. arafat died in 2004. his body was briefly exhumed today in ramallah, on the west bank. we have a report from john ray of independent television news. >> reporter: eight years after they buried him they se
protesters in egypt staged nationwide rallies today against egyptian president mohamed morsi and his muslim brotherhood. in cairo, more than 100,000 people filled tahrir square to condemn morsi's decree that makes his decisions immune to judicial review. earlier, there were clashes between protesters and police. the rallies were some of the largest since the overthrow of president hosni mubarak last year. in syria, government warplanes bombed towns in the north and east, in the face of new...
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also today, the loser of the presidential election, ahmed shafik, left egypt with most of his family for abu dhabi. he's now a target in a corruption probe. the drama over the president of the university of virginia came to an end today. the school's governing board unanimously reinstated teresa sullivan, who became the school's first female president in 2010. sullivan was ousted earlier this month over claims she was too slow to adjust to funding cuts and other challenges. the move sparked an outcry from faculty, students, and others. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to gwen. >> ifill: when it's all said and done, more than a billion dollars will be spent on this year's presidential contest, and not all of that will come from the candidates themselves. but even with the influx of outside money, the fundraising arms of both campaigns have kicked into full gear. another day, another series of money-raising campaign events for the two men running for president. with republican mitt romney on the stump in virginia. >> with your help, we're going to win in virginia. w
also today, the loser of the presidential election, ahmed shafik, left egypt with most of his family for abu dhabi. he's now a target in a corruption probe. the drama over the president of the university of virginia came to an end today. the school's governing board unanimously reinstated teresa sullivan, who became the school's first female president in 2010. sullivan was ousted earlier this month over claims she was too slow to adjust to funding cuts and other challenges. the move sparked an...
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. >> suarez: with today's escalation, egypt pressed for an end to the israeli air strikes. today, palestinian president mahmoud abbas asked the arab league to call an urgent meeting to discuss the strikes, and united nations chief ban ki-moon called for a "de-escalation of tensions." >> suarez: for more, i'm joined by phone with sheera frenkel, middle east correspondent for the "times of london" in jerusalem. sheera, we reported on the rising tensions between the israelis and the palestinians in gaza. but was there something in particular that set this off? >> in the last three or four hours that there have been a slowdown in hostilities between israel and the gaza strip. in fact, earlier in today there had been no exchanges of violence across the border. but when i spoke to officials about why they decided to start targeted assassinations and launch the operation in gaza, their answer was actually intelligence data they had received that militants in gaza had been smuggling in more high tech weapons and that it would really create damage to the military arsenal and that th
. >> suarez: with today's escalation, egypt pressed for an end to the israeli air strikes. today, palestinian president mahmoud abbas asked the arab league to call an urgent meeting to discuss the strikes, and united nations chief ban ki-moon called for a "de-escalation of tensions." >> suarez: for more, i'm joined by phone with sheera frenkel, middle east correspondent for the "times of london" in jerusalem. sheera, we reported on the rising tensions between the...
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. >> brown: meanwhile, the new islamist president of egypt mohamed morsi denounced the israelis. and his government asked the u.s. to press for an end to the offensive. but the obama administration lined up with the israelis. state department spokesman mark toner said the u.s. believes israel has the right to defend itself. >> our position is clear that there's no justification for the violence that hamas and other terrorist organizations are employing against israel. and the onus is on them to cease their rocket attacks so that this de-escalation can take place. >> suarez: earlier, i spoke with the israeli ambassador to the united states michael oren to discuss the latest developments. ambassador, what's the latest from tel aviv? where the strikes accurate? have missiles actually hit the city and is anyone snurt >> thankfully nobody was hurt. the rockets struck in the greater tel aviv area. the alarms went off. the sirens, prime minister netanyahu was in the city at the time to a bomb shelter and now this simply means that 4.5 million israelis-- over half the population of the s
. >> brown: meanwhile, the new islamist president of egypt mohamed morsi denounced the israelis. and his government asked the u.s. to press for an end to the offensive. but the obama administration lined up with the israelis. state department spokesman mark toner said the u.s. believes israel has the right to defend itself. >> our position is clear that there's no justification for the violence that hamas and other terrorist organizations are employing against israel. and the onus...
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the president of egypt is a member of the muslim brotherhood. our ambassador to libya was assassinated in a terrorist attack. iran is moving toward nuclear weapons capability. >> woodruff: romney used tougher language yesterday in pueblo, colorado. then he criticized the president's remarks in his 60 minutes interview that the arab spring brought many challenges for the u.s. and that there would be bumps in the road. >> these are not bumps in the road. these are human lives. these are developments we do not want to see. this is time for the president who will shape events in the middle east not just be merciful or be at mercy to the events in the middle east. >> woodruff: the president also spoke before the clinton global initiative today, but he did not meet with any foreign leaders. instead secretary of state hillary clinton had one-on-one with the u.n. special representative to syria and a number of other officials. margaret warner is at the united nations. i spoke to her just a short time ago. hello, margaret. so what message was president o
the president of egypt is a member of the muslim brotherhood. our ambassador to libya was assassinated in a terrorist attack. iran is moving toward nuclear weapons capability. >> woodruff: romney used tougher language yesterday in pueblo, colorado. then he criticized the president's remarks in his 60 minutes interview that the arab spring brought many challenges for the u.s. and that there would be bumps in the road. >> these are not bumps in the road. these are human lives. these...
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later, the new, islamist president of egypt mohammed morsi also took on israel, over the plight of the palestinians. >> ( translated ): it is shameful that the free world would accept that a party in the international community may continue to deny the rights of a nation that looks to independence over decades, no matter what justification. it is also shameful that settlements continue on the territory of these people, the palestinian people. >> sreenivasan: morsi also said he won't rest until the civil war in syria comes to an end. and, he condemned the violence in muslim countries sparked by an anti-islamic video. but he argued that freedom of speech should not include freedom to insult religions. the u.s. army will stage a one- day stand down from normal duties tomorrow to focus on suicide prevention. through july, there had been 116 suicides among active-duty soldiers. that's up substantially from last year. the stand-down will not involve other branches of the military, and it will not apply to soldiers involved in combat operations or medical duties. nearly one in five u.s. house
later, the new, islamist president of egypt mohammed morsi also took on israel, over the plight of the palestinians. >> ( translated ): it is shameful that the free world would accept that a party in the international community may continue to deny the rights of a nation that looks to independence over decades, no matter what justification. it is also shameful that settlements continue on the territory of these people, the palestinian people. >> sreenivasan: morsi also said he won't...
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in egypt today, 14 members of an extremist group were sentenced to death by hanging. the men were convicted in attacks on a police station and bank in the sinai peninsula in june of 2011. six of the men were present for sentencing but eight others were tried in absentia and remain fugitives. a former police chief at the heart of a major political scandal in china is facing 15 years in prison. that sentence was imposed today on wang lijun for trying to defect to the u.s., and helping cover up the murder of a british businessman. wang apologized for his crimes today in court. i truly express my repentance to the court for the criminal behavior in the law that i broke. i will pay off the pity and hurt that i caused throughout the rest of my life to the people and the party that care about me. for now i can only sincerely say that i'm sorry, i'm truly sorry i let you down. >> sreenivasan: the wang case led to the downfall of his former boss bo xilai, a once- powerful communist party leader. he is still under investigation. bo's wife, gu kailai, was given a suspended death
in egypt today, 14 members of an extremist group were sentenced to death by hanging. the men were convicted in attacks on a police station and bank in the sinai peninsula in june of 2011. six of the men were present for sentencing but eight others were tried in absentia and remain fugitives. a former police chief at the heart of a major political scandal in china is facing 15 years in prison. that sentence was imposed today on wang lijun for trying to defect to the u.s., and helping cover up...
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and the top appellate courts in egypt went on strike against president muhammad morsi's move to assume near-absolute power. morsi planned to address the egyptian people tomorrow. >> warner: online, we continue our series on social entrepreneurs with a profile of a woman who's breaking taboos. hari sreenivasan has more. >> sreenivasan: harvard business school graduate elizabeth scharpf launched sustainable health enterprises. it helps women in low-income countries to jump start businesses to manufacture and distribute affordable feminine hygiene products. find her story on our social entrepreneurs page. plus, on making sense, paul solman breaks down the pros and cons of investing in i-bonds versus 403(b) retirement savings plans. all that and more is on our web site newshour.pbs.org. margaret? >> warner: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on thursday, another in our series of conversations with incoming senators. tomorrow, we'll talk with jeff flake, a republican from arizona. i'm margaret warner. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening.
and the top appellate courts in egypt went on strike against president muhammad morsi's move to assume near-absolute power. morsi planned to address the egyptian people tomorrow. >> warner: online, we continue our series on social entrepreneurs with a profile of a woman who's breaking taboos. hari sreenivasan has more. >> sreenivasan: harvard business school graduate elizabeth scharpf launched sustainable health enterprises. it helps women in low-income countries to jump start...
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in egypt, another mass protest swarmed through cairo today. thousands demonstrated in the streets around tahrir square, and outside the presidential palace. they charged a draft constitution would curb basic rights and cement islamist control of the country. the draft won 56% of the vote in last week's first-round voting. the final round is slated for saturday. there were new clashes at a palestinian refugee camp in the syrian capital, damascus. syrian warplanes bombed the camp for the second time this week, trying to push back a rebel offensive. amateur video purported to show rebel fighters in the streets of the yarmouk camp. the rebel action began friday in an effort to drive out a pro- government palestinian faction. the chief foreign correspondent for nbc news, richard engel, has escaped from kidnappers in northern syria. he and his crew said they were dragged from their car on thursday by gunman supporting the assad regime. they escaped last night when their captors became engaged in a firefight with rebel forces. engel spoke in turkey t
in egypt, another mass protest swarmed through cairo today. thousands demonstrated in the streets around tahrir square, and outside the presidential palace. they charged a draft constitution would curb basic rights and cement islamist control of the country. the draft won 56% of the vote in last week's first-round voting. the final round is slated for saturday. there were new clashes at a palestinian refugee camp in the syrian capital, damascus. syrian warplanes bombed the camp for the second...
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competition, and they saw places where they were doing quite well, so they revolted, starting certainly in egypt that's what it was about. >> and some of us were nie i've. i didn't cover that, by i covered russia, the decline to have the soviet union. get rid of totarianism and embrace democracy. a lot of the people in the middle east said no that's mott the answer and they're mention more open to other answers, and the reason they think that's not the answer is it's not working for them, but b it creates a crisis of social solidarity, it creates too much loneliness, too much social frag men taigs and it's not giving them the rich community that's the essence of a good life. so the failure of the old order is not only an economic failure, it's a spiritual failure. >> rose: so what happens to those people who are living in some where? what's their future? >> well, you know, i would say to this political story, michael cruz, where he went to allentown or jonathan, steel mill, and we've all been to the towns where the mill is closed, everyone knows they're not coming back, but their family is there
competition, and they saw places where they were doing quite well, so they revolted, starting certainly in egypt that's what it was about. >> and some of us were nie i've. i didn't cover that, by i covered russia, the decline to have the soviet union. get rid of totarianism and embrace democracy. a lot of the people in the middle east said no that's mott the answer and they're mention more open to other answers, and the reason they think that's not the answer is it's not working for them,...
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on our website, you can hear my conversation with former president jimmy carter on egypt's elections. hari sreenivasan has the details. >> sreenivasan: the former president said if the egyptian military goes through with their plans to write a new constitution, it would have the same effect as a military coup. find the interview on our world page. also there, we have another dispatch from margaret warner in mexico. this one from mexico city about a shopkeepers confrontation with a criminal gang. and on our politics page, perhaps signs of a bipartisan congress? if only on the softball diamond, representative jean schmidt is on the congressional women's team taking on female reporters tonight in washington. >> we are here on the battlefield trying to beat the press corps tomorrow but most importantly to raise money to help women beat their disease of breast cancer. >> sreenivasan: you can meet the congressional team and see them practice for the game on our politics page. all that and more is on our web site: newshour.pbs.org. jeff? >> brown: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on th
on our website, you can hear my conversation with former president jimmy carter on egypt's elections. hari sreenivasan has the details. >> sreenivasan: the former president said if the egyptian military goes through with their plans to write a new constitution, it would have the same effect as a military coup. find the interview on our world page. also there, we have another dispatch from margaret warner in mexico. this one from mexico city about a shopkeepers confrontation with a...
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"it could," he said, "but first we need to give thanks to president morsi of egypt." across gaza, he's something of a new hero, and they're even impressed in israel. the egyptian president right now the best hope for peacekeeping here. >> egypt was able to regain it's regional role as a regional player, mediating between the israelis and the palestinians in convincing both of them to reach a ceasefire agreement. in the city, the flags, the rallies, talking up victory. in the countryside, the hamas song is, we're going to bomb tel aviv. but away from politics, what about people, lives disrupted by all this? yesterday we filmed awad and his mum sabbah taking shelter in a school in gaza city. frightened, disorientated, a severely disabled boy caught up in all this. today, diplomacy had delivered. sabbah was at home with the family in atatrah. >> it's good that we're okay. i'm very happy i can't believe it, i'm shivering. that face, sabbah said, means he's feeling happy and safe, and with an arm's round from brother mahmoud, and no sound of an explosion. >> sreenivasan: i
"it could," he said, "but first we need to give thanks to president morsi of egypt." across gaza, he's something of a new hero, and they're even impressed in israel. the egyptian president right now the best hope for peacekeeping here. >> egypt was able to regain it's regional role as a regional player, mediating between the israelis and the palestinians in convincing both of them to reach a ceasefire agreement. in the city, the flags, the rallies, talking up victory....
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this was another tense day across egypt, as a political crisis deepened. tonight, thousands of protesters pushed past army and police outside the presidential palace, demanding that president mohammed morsi leave office. he's assumed absolute powers and refuses to call off a vote on a constitution drafted by islamists. earlier in the day, in cairo's tahrir square, protesters gathered to speak out against morsi. >> ( translated ): we are not fanatics, we are not barbarians, we are devout muslims and devout christians. this is what he has to respect. he did not keep one of his promises whatsoever. we are going down the drain. if the constitutional decree is not revoked we are facing a dead end. >> sreenivasan: later, the government postponed the start of early voting on the constitution. top officials also said morsi might be willing to postpone the referendum if he can reach some agreement with the opposition. on the syrian diplomatic front, secretary of state hillary clinton said today russia and the u.s. will support new efforts to mediate peace. but clin
this was another tense day across egypt, as a political crisis deepened. tonight, thousands of protesters pushed past army and police outside the presidential palace, demanding that president mohammed morsi leave office. he's assumed absolute powers and refuses to call off a vote on a constitution drafted by islamists. earlier in the day, in cairo's tahrir square, protesters gathered to speak out against morsi. >> ( translated ): we are not fanatics, we are not barbarians, we are devout...
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in egypt once america's staunch ally, the u.s. supported the move to oust long-time leader hosni mubarak. the ensuing election of the muslim brotherhood's mohammed morsi raised new questions about the country's direction and its relationship with the u.s. and in syria an ongoing civil war threatens to spill into turkey, jordan and lebanon while islamic extremists threaten to overshadow the secular syrian groups backed by the west. we pick up on some of these questions with two men who have helped us analyze foreign policy challenges in the past. zbigniew brzezinski was national security advisor to president jimmy carter and now is at the center for strategic and international studies. walter russell mead is professor of foreign affairs and the humanities at bard college. i want to start with the latest on libya with hillary clinton taking the blame for security at the benghazi consulate. where does that leave the matter of the responsibility of the white house, pote for the specific incident and the larger libya policy? >> well, i
in egypt once america's staunch ally, the u.s. supported the move to oust long-time leader hosni mubarak. the ensuing election of the muslim brotherhood's mohammed morsi raised new questions about the country's direction and its relationship with the u.s. and in syria an ongoing civil war threatens to spill into turkey, jordan and lebanon while islamic extremists threaten to overshadow the secular syrian groups backed by the west. we pick up on some of these questions with two men who have...